Hungary, an Enigmatic Treasure of Eastern Europe

My wife and I spent two weeks in eastern Europe on vacation, and Hungary was the first of five countries that we visited. While it didn't have quite the medieval grandeur of Prague, or the modern feel of Warsaw, Hungary was really very special in its own unique way. We stayed in Budapest, and took a day trip to Kecskemet. The language is unlike any in the world, but distantly related to Finnish and Estonian. We had our ninth anniversary dinner at Gundel, a really world-class restaurant in Budapest.

Hungarians are progressing quickly out of their post-Communist haze, and it's a really wonderful, culturally rich country. I highly recommend a visit!

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Hungary
• Hungarian
• Budapest
• Kecskemet
• Magyar
• magyarország
• magyarorszag
• Kecskemét
• Gundel

[anubis2814]

Hungarian, Finnish and Basque are the only non-Indo-European languages of europe.

[Zaunstar]

@anubis2814 Don't forget Estonian! Checking out my back library? You must be REALLY bored! Heehee. I'm about to watch your latest vid now.

[swordnquil]

I'm not trolling you, swear. Just wanted to answer one of your questions. Yes, I understood a *little* of the ad because my dad is 2nd generation Hungarian-American. His parents, though born in the US, spoke Hungarian and their parents, my great-grands ONLY spoke Hungarian. Since we went to visit the elders often, it was either learn or spend the entire time walking around in a confused fog. :D

[Zaunstar]

@swordnquil Heh, no worries. What the heck did the ad say, then?

[pimpakutya]

Your holiday was very boring!

Horses, paprikas, OMG, WTF.

and what happened in the sex shop?

[Zaunstar]

@pimpakutya Hehheh, I'm married, so only so much is going to happen! We didn't go to the sex shop, but when we were in Prague, we did go to the "Sex Machine Museum!" Hah!

[themagnussons]

@SEFARAD2K4, you losing it brother. Calm down a bit and educate yourself on the subject instead. You'll find it a rewarding experience! You contradict yourself at every turn.

Your frustration probably stems from jealousy. You are only here to puke and are not able to explain any of your faulty claims! Hungarians has 11oo years of more or less continuous statehood in the middle of Europe. I understand it boders you. But again, what do you have? Go home slovak loser! LOL

[papaszem44]

The CIA World Factbook describes HUNGARY as geographically located in Central Europe!!!

[Poeet808]

@anubis2814 And Estonian ;)

Estonian Hungarian and Finnish are relatet languages ;) I am from Estonia and i can understand some of the words then there are the same in Estonian ;)

[Pocok4]

people are confused because we were part of the Warsaw pact(eastern block) back in the days of Cold war, well thats the past, welcome, in the present.

[Pocok4]

@talara18

wikipedia isnt full of shit, there are sources wich you can double check, what are your sorces, BBC? you can do better than that come on:)

Your private opinion isnt that intresting really.

[talara18]

@talara18 wikipedia is full of sh*t, even the BBC refers to you as eastern Europe, in the media you are seen as Eastern Europeans

[Pocok4]

@talara18

the UN can do me a favour, check wikipedia, or any other Encyclopedia:)

[talara18]

@Pocok4 not according to the UN

[Pocok4]

Yip thats correct its Central-Europe just to be precise